Bottle label and pocket member



March 22, 1932.

s. M. ANDREWS 1,850,369

BOTTLE LABEL AND POCKET MEMBER F'iled March 21. 1930 2 Sheets+Sheet lINVENTOR. flz/az'tjliflndrews,

March 22, 1932. s ANDREWS 1,850,369

BOTTLE LABEL AND POCKET MEMBER Filed March 21. 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVEN TOR. 527M217! JZT Andre ms" Patented Mar. 22, 1932 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFEOE STUART M. ANDREWS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO 3?.L. ANDREWS COB POBATION, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,

A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK BOTTLE LABEL AND POCKET MEMBER Applicationfiled March 21, 1930. Serial No. 437,773.

This invention relates, generally, to labels for containers, such asbottles, cans and the like; and the invention has reference, moreparticularly, to a container label providing a pocket for holdingarticles such as descriptive circulars, direction leaflets, and thelike.

Heretofore,.when it was desired to furnish a descriptive circular,direction leaflet or similar printed matter with a container such as,for example, a bottle, it was generally necessary to enclose the bottleor other container in a carton and to insert the descriptive matter orleaflet into the carton beside the bottle. Commonly, however, the useron withdrawing the bottle from its carton would fail to remove thedescriptive matter which latter would consequently be thrown away alongwith the carton so that when the user subsequently needed thedescriptive matter it could not be had.

The present invention has for its principal object to provide a novellabel and pocket member which when attached to a bottle or the like notonly serves as a label therefor, but which also provides a suitablemeans for holding circulars or other descriptive matter.

Another object of the present invention lies in the provision of a labeland pocket member of the above character which comprises a simpleunitary structure that isarranged to have its parts retained in desiredassembled relation by the mere operation of gluing or atlixing the sameto an exterior surface of a container.

Still another object of the present invention lies in the provision of alabel and pocket member of the above character which has a desiredfullness or depth, thereby enabling the easy and quick insertion of acircular thereinto or the removal of such circular therefrom.

A container, provided with the novel label and pocket member of thisinvention holding a descriptive circular, is caused to carry itsdescriptive circular, direction leaflet or the like with the same at alltimes, with the result that when the container is withdrawn from itscarton by the user, the descriptive matter is not lost but can always bereferred to whenever desired. Also, in some instances the carton may bedispensed with since it is not needed to retain the descriptive matter,thereby lessening the shipping costs.

' Other objects of this invention, not at this time more particularlyenumerated, will be clearly understood from the following de-, taileddescription of the same.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich I Fig. 1 is a viewwin front elevation of a bottle provided withthe novel label and pocket member of this invention, the said pocketmember being illustrated as holding a circular;

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken along line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a partial vertical sectional view taken along line 3-3 of Fig.1;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the blank or cut-- out from which the novellabel and pocketmember of the invention is formed;

Fig. 5' illustrates the first folding step made in forming. the labeland pocket member from the blank of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 illustrates the second folding step lrpade in forming the labeland pocket mem- Fig. 7 illustrates the third and last folding step madein forming the label and pocket member; and

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the completed label and pocket member.

' Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the hereinabovedescribed views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the said drawings, the reference numeral 10 designatesa container, shown by way of illustration as a bottle, pro vided withthe novel label and pocket member of this invention. The novel label andpocket member is designated as a whole by the reference numeral 11 andis illustrated as atlixed as by gluing its rear surfaces to the frontwall of the bottle 10, although it is to be understood that this labeland pocket may be aflixed to any other portion of the bottleif desired.The label and pocket member 11 provides an interior receiving pocket 12open at its upper enc. The pocket 12 is shown as containing adescriptive circular 13, although it will be apparent that this pocketmay be employed forholding articles other thanrcirculars when desired.

)The label and pocket member 11 is formed from a flat blank or cut-out,such as illustrated in Fig. 4, and may be of paper, card- 6 board or anyother suitable material. This blank or cut-out comprises a front panel14, an intermediatepanel or flap 15. formed at one side of the frontpanel 14, arear panel or flap 16 formed at the other side of the frontpanel 14 and a bottom flap or tab-17 formed at the bottom of the frontpanel 14. The label and pocket cut-out or blank may be provided withscores 18, 19 and 20, if deof the front'panel 14, as will be described.

In the event that the cut-out is formed from thin material :such aspaper, the same need not be provided with scores separating the severalparts thereof, in which event the numerals 18, 19 and 20 merelydesignate the dividing lines between 'the front panel and the remainingpanels or flaps of the cut-out. The front panel 14 is illustrated asformed with a recessed upper edge 22, which recessed edge discloses andemphasizes the pocket function of the label and also by being longerthan a. straight transverse edge increases theease with which adescriptive circular may be inserted into the pocket. It is to beunderstood, however, that the edge 22 may be straight in some instances.

. The intermediate panel 15 is provided with an extension23 whichextends beyond the highest part of the front panel 14. Al-

though this extension is illustrated in the drawings forthe sake ofsimplicity as having substantially a semi circular peripheral edge.portion it will be apparent that the extension 23 may have variousconfigurations.

' Preferably the side edge of extension 23. ad Jacentfront panel 14 isrecessed or indented somewhat as indicated at 24 for a purpose to. bedescribed. In some instances for the 7 sake of symmetry, both of thesides of extension 23 may be indented from the side edges of the panel15. The lower edge 'of the panel 15 is substantially a continuation ofthe score or dividing line 20, but the lower edge of the rear panel 16is elevated somewhat above the score or dividing line 20 so as tofacilitate the folding of the blank.

In folding the cut-out or blank, the intermediatepanel or flap 15 isfolded along the score or line 18 over and upon the rear or innersurface of the front panel 14. as'illus-' trated in Fig. 5. The rearpanel 16 is then foldedalong the score or line 19 over and upon theintermediate panel 15 as illustrated the score 'or line 20, this bottomedge'extends transversely higher than the bottom edge of theintermediate panel 15 when the rear flap is folded, as illustrated inFig. 6. The bottom tab 17 isnow foldedupwardly and upon the lowerportion of the rear panel 16. The upward folding of the bottom tab17upon the rear panel 16 is rendered easy and the resulting ocket memberso formed is prevented from eing too bulky at its bottom since the loweredge of therear panel is upwardly offset from the lower edge of theintermediate panel and consequently offers a minimum opposition :to theupward folding of tab 17, as will be apparent.

The label and pocket member has now been completely formed, the rearview thereof being shown in Fig.7. No glue whatever has been used informing the novel label and pocket member of this invention although ifdesired, the tab17 may be glued to the rear flap 16. To attach the labeland pocket member to the bottle 10, it is merelynecessary to eitherapply mucilage or other adhesive to the rear surfaces of the pocketmember and afiix the same to the 13011316,?01 adhesive may be applieddirectly to the bottle and therear surface of the pocket member pressedthere against. I It will be noted that with the label. and pocket memberattached to the "bottle 10, therear surface of the tab 17 portions ofthe rear panel 1'6 and the rear surface of extension 23 are all affixedto the bottle 10, thereby causing the label and pocket member to beretained in assembled relation upon the bottle surface.

Owing to the presence of, the recess or inin 6. Since the bottom edge ofthe rear 7 panel 16 is upwardly offset somewhat from dentation 24 at theside of extension 23 and 1 adjacent the juncture of. the intermediatepanel with the front panel, and to the fact that the intermediate panelis not glued or otherwise adhered to the rear panel, a desired fullnessor depth is provided for the pocket 12 which enables the ready insertionof the descriptive circular 13 thereinto. Viewed in a different manner,the indentation 24 provides a loop extending along the right edge of thepocket 12 as viewed in Fig. 1, which loop permits the front panel 14 tobe distended or pulled forwardly, thereby enabling theready insertion ofthe circular 13. n The indentation or recess '24 maybe omitted in someinstances, in which event the extension 23being glued to the bottle 10restricts the degree to which the front panel may be pulled forwardly. p

The front face of the front panel 14 serves as a label and may beprovided with suitable means of identification as shown by way of,example in Fig. 1, whereas the pocket 12 by providing a space for adescriptive circular eliminates possible loss thereof, and assures thesame reaching the user of the hottle content, as desired. The rear panel16 is illustrated in the drawings as being somewhat Wider than the frontor intermediate panels, thereby providing for a relatively great surfaceof adhesion between the rear panel and the surface of the bottle 10.However, it will be apparent that the rear panel may be made of the sameWidth as the other panels or even narrower, if desired. The extension 23not only serves to secure the intermediate panel to the bottle surface,but also may be used in addition to the front panel for providingsuitable print space for the label used on the bottle.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and manyapparently Widely different embodiments of this invention could be madeWithout departing from the scopethereof, it is intended that all mat tercontained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawingsshall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

-What is claimed is 1. A container label of the character described,comprising a front panel, an intermediate flap provided along one edgeof said front panel and folded over and extending completely across therear surface thereof, said intermediate flap being provided With anupper extension extending above said front panel, a rear flap providedalong another edge of said front panel and folded over the rear surfaceof said intermediate flap, and a bottom flap provided along the bottomedge of said front panel and folded over the rear surface of said rearflap, said front panel, and said intermediate, rear and bottom flapsforming a pocket member arranged for attachment to a container, theexposed rear surfaces of said rear flap, said bottom flap and saidintermediate flap extension providing adhesive receiving surfaces forsecuring said pocket member to the container and for holding the partsof said pocket member in assembled relation.

2. A container label of the character described, comprising a frontpanel, an intermediate flap provided along one edge of said front paneland folded over and extending completely across the rear surfacethereof, said intermediate flap having an upper extension, a rear flapprovided along another edge of said front panel and folded completelyacross the rear surface of said intermediate flap, and a bottom flapprovided along the bottom edge of said front panel and folded over therear surface of said rear flap, said front panel, and said intermediate,rear and bottom flaps forming a pocket member having a receiving openingat its upper end, said intermediate flap upper extension and said rearand bottom flaps having exposed portions at the rear of said pocketmember for receiving an adhesive adapted to secure said pocket member tothe container and the respective flaps in pocket forming relation.

8. A container and a label of the character described for saidcontainer, said label comprising a front panel, flaps formed along theedges of said front panel and folded over the rear surface thereof toprovide, with said panel, a pocket member, said pocket member having anupper receiving opening therein, and an indentation formed adjacent oneside of said receiving opening, whereby a desired fullness is given tosaid pocket, said pocket having it rearward exterior surface affixed tosaid container, and identifying indicia depicted on said front panel.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereuntoset my hand this twenty-eighth day of February, 1930.

STUART M. ANDREWS.

